News » 210,000 Pounds of Marijuana Seized in Tijuana, Mexico
October 19, 2010 by justin
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A joint raid by Mexican police and army in Tijuana has prevented 105 tons of marijuana from entering California. In all 10,000 packages were found in three different neighborhoods in the Mexican state of Baja California amounting to a street value of US $240 million. It is estimated that the drug cartels operating out of Mexico import nearly 7,000 tons of cannabis to the United States every year.
Doing the math, this equates to and approximately $16 billion industry. Proponents of California’s Proposition 19 hope that by making marijuana legal for recreational use in the state, much of the illegal drug trade can be curtailed. While some of this traffic would move to other border states, a legal source of marijuana in California is a compelling argument compared to border smuggling, which is often a source of violence leading some cities such as Juarez to declare martial law.
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Tags: army, cartel, crime, illegal, marijauna, Mexico, police, pot, Tijuana, traffic
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This is a good thing. It helps growers here, and definitely gets some of the Mexican garbage off of our streets.
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105 TONS!!!!
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Well that’s not good! LOL!
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Steven says mexican pot sucks.
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Shitty brick weed, they’re doing us a favor.
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Nowhere in that article did it mention the quality.
Either way I’m glad I live in Texas. This shouldn’t affect us too much.
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Nowhere in that article did it mention the quality.
Either way I’m glad I live in Texas. This shouldn’t affect us too much.
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All that weed could be easily turned into some awesome hash oil.
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Absolutely Must Read, Our Gov. Spends Trillions of$$ every year!! An the find 210,000LBS of the GREEN STUFF, + there having TROUBLE creating GREEN JOBS!!!!??? Who the anal retarded dope head who took this to legislation!!
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Wow is all i can say!
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This could be American Grown, American Taxed and American Purchased cannabis, but thanks to prohibition, it’s tax free, and all profits exit the country.
While authorities are proud of the bust, they should realize that:
A) The U.S. Demand is what brought that tonnage there
B) Not only has that shipment already been replaced, but it is already catching fire in the bongs and joints of thousands of Americans *right now*
So great job guys! Thanks for keeping me safe from teh drugs.
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